SAA 19 155. Don’t be Negligent (CTN 5 p. 262)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) The king's [wor]d [to NN]: I am [wel]l, y[ou can be glad]. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | [(x)] ⸢GIŠ⸣.tal-lak-MEŠ ma-x+[x x] | (3) [(Concerning)] the ...[...] carts [wh]ich you are delivering to the Palace, [w]hy did [...]tu say: “There i[s a ma]tter; it concerns one [...], they [...] x talent(s) each and live. |
| o 44 | ||
| o 55 | [x x]-tu ina [mì]-ni ma-a ⸢i-ba⸣-[áš-ši?] | |
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | [x x]+x ⸢x⸣-ri 04 ⸢GÚ⸣.UN-a-[a] | |
| o 88 | [x x]+x-⸢MEŠ ba-laṭ⸣-ṭu ina ⸢UGU⸣ [o?] | (8) Conc[erning ......] |
| o 99 | [x x x]+x ʾu ú ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| o 1010 | [x x x]+x ⸢x ra x x⸣ [o] | |
| o 1111 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ la i-x+[x o?] | (11) He will not [... but ...] his [...], shares [and ...]s, which he ...[...], to the high-ranking officers wh[o] are missing from there |
| o 1212 | [x x]+x-su ⸢is⸣-qa-a-⸢te⸣ | |
| o 1313 | [x x]+x-a-te ša e-pu-[x x] | |
| o 1414 | ||
| o 1515 | ||
| o 1616 | ⸢x x x x⸣ x+[x x x x] | |
| Bottom | ||
| b.e. 17'b.e. 17' | [x x x] ⸢na?⸣ [x x x] | |
| Reverse | ||
| rr | three lines destroyed | |
| r 44 | [x x]-tú DINGIR [o?] | (r 4) [...], the god should [n]ot hat[e me. ...] jug. Moreover, [...] impose them on me there. |
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | ||
| r 77 | [e?]-ma-du-u-ni [o] | |
| r 88 | (r 8) I have written to you. [Don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [......]. | |
| r 99 | ||
| r 1010 | ||
| r 1111 | ||
| r 1212 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| rest uninscribed |
Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P393709/.